Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

Which statement most accurately describes the manner in which the young boy departs from the town with the female driver of the white sledge?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, young boy · What happens: describe, depart · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 departs	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boy	amod
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departs	nsubj
13	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 town	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 town	det
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departs	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 driver	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 driver	det
19	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 driver	amod
20	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departs	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 sledge	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sledge	det
23	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 sledge	amod
24	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 driver	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	depart	present	the young boy			the manner		from the town; with the female driver of the white sledge	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial_Location

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He jumps off early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumps	nsubj
2	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 jumps	compound:prt
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 jumps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump off	present	He					early property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He does not untie the sledge and he rides past the walls with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 untie	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 untie	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 untie	advmod
4	untie	untie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sledge	det
6	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 untie	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rides	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rides	nsubj
9	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 untie	conj
10	past	past	ADP	_	12 walls	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 walls	det
12	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rides	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not untie	present · do-support	He	the sledge					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Patient
2	ride	present	he			the walls		with her = she	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past wall=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He does not disengage the sledge, and he proceeds beyond the gates in her company

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disengage	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disengage	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 disengage	advmod
4	disengage	disengage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sledge	det
6	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disengage	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 proceeds	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 proceeds	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 proceeds	nsubj
10	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disengage	conj
11	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	13 gates	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gates	det
13	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 proceeds	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 company	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 company	nmod:poss
16	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proceeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disengage	present · do-support	He	the sledge					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Theme
2	proceed	present	he			her company		beyond the gates	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He unties the sledge quickly, and he walks back toward the town gates alone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 unties	nsubj
2	unties	untie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sledge	det
4	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unties	obj
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 unties	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 walks	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 walks	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 walks	nsubj
9	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 unties	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod
11	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 gates	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gates	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gates	compound
14	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 walks	obl
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untie	present	He	the sledge				quickly property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Patient
2	walk back	present	he			the town gates		alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward gate=Trajectory

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